Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Remembrance Day: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual revenue raised through VAT charged on Remembrance wreaths purchased by (a) local authorities, (b) schools and (c) community organisations.
3 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Remembrance Day: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review VAT rules to ensure that (a) the purchase of wreaths and (b) other purchases made in support of charitable remembrance activities are not subject to VAT.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Animals: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to review the use of (a) confidentiality clauses and (b) NDAs in consumer redress agreements involving alleged (i) harm or (ii) injury to animals.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Animals: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for customers whose animals are injured during paid (a) grooming or (b) veterinary services.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the investigation of injuries sustained by companion animals during commercial grooming appointments.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that grooming services offered by pet retail chains are subject to adequate (a) welfare standards and (b) inspection regimes.
3 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Contract Compliance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to allow people to report (a) poor performance and (b) untidy workmanship from Government contractors.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Public Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of public confidence in Government-backed net zero projects.
31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a judge-led inquiry into the RAF Chinook ZD576 crash on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will review the current appeals process for NHS prescription penalty charges to ensure that reasonable discretion is applied in cases of (a) genuine mistake and (b) hardship.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Public Places: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on securing public spaces from unauthorised drone activity; and whether her Department provides funding to local authorities for local coun
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Unmanned Air Systems: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government provides funding for research into (a) detection and (b) attribution techniques to (i) identify malicious drone operations quickly and (ii) support criminal (A) investigation an
30 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) registration, (b) geofencing and (c) remote identification requirements for (i) drones and (ii) drone components in order to imp
30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Unmanned Air Systems: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department has allocated to the research and development of non-lethal and lawful counter-drone technologies in the last five years.
30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential deployment of military counter-unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities for civil purposes.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Unmanned Air Systems: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) legal and (b) operational guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the lawful use of (i) signal jamming, (ii) electronic disruption, and (iii) kinetic interception measures to t
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of drone-related incidents reported to the police by type of incident for each of the last five years.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Unmanned Air Systems: Public Order and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the risk from small unmanned drones to (a) public order and (b) public safety.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) demography and (b) regional locations of new diagnoses of (i) HIV, (ii) hepatitis B and (iii) hepatitis C.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS: Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS emergency department opt-out testing programme on early diagnosis rates for (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
First Aid: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of staff being required to undertake duplicate First Aid training when working across multiple NHS trusts.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
First Aid: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a (a) national standard and (b) mutual recognition framework for First Aid training across NHS trusts.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
National Police Air Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many operational bases the National Police Air Service maintains; and what changes to the base network are planned for the next two years.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
National Police Air Service: Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many aircraft are currently operated by the National Police Air Service by (a) type and (b) operational status.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
National Police Air Service: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget allocation for the National Police Air Service was in each of the last five financial years.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
National Police Air Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Air Service in meeting its strategic objectives since its establishment.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the extent of regional disparities in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken in the (a) processing and (b) payment of pension lump sums for teachers retiring at the end of the academic year.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Air Force: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) private and (b) allied training providers on increasing pilot training capacity.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Air Force: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fully qualified RAF pilots are available for front-line deployment; and how many pilots would be required for full operational capability.
Source: official written-questions record.